Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index I incipient: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: in•cip•i•ent Pronunciation: (in-sip'ē-unt), [key] — adj. beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage: an incipient cold. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: incipient (Thesaurus) incipiency incipit ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: careening Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language